Business Law (P03069)

? Credit Points : 10 ? SCQF Level : 11 ? Acronym : SBE-P-SBE

The objectives of the course are:
• to familiarize students with the general content and principles of the law relating to business transactions and business organisations
• to enable them to identify and resolve at a basic level legal issues arising in such transactions and organisations
• to enable them to understand and use in both speech and writing legal concepts and principles

Entry Requirements

? Pre-requisites : N/A

? Costs : Textbooks

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Business Studies, (School of Business and Economics, Schedule H)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : Postgraduate

? Delivery Period : Semester 2 (Blocks 3-4)

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) 30 minutes per week for 10 weeks

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

Knowledge and Understanding:
Students should be familiar with and able to deploy at a basic level the content, principles and concepts of the law relating to business transactions, in particular to identify correctly the legal issues arising in such transactions.

Cognitive Skills:
• demonstrate that they can move beyond simple description of the content of the law to analysis and evaluation of problem situations using key concepts learnt during the course;
• demonstrate their ability to research, analyse and draw legally valid conclusions about problem situations deploying the material from the course.

Key Skills:
• engage in legally informed analysis of fact situations arising commonly in business transactions and organisations;
• identify and utilise relevant information from library and other sources (e.g. Internet);
• study independently and take responsibility for identifying and analysing related reference material for the course.